Fast 300 dpi monochrome thermal transfer printer

The ideal monochrome printing complement to the Rinas CS-LWR range of encoding solutions.

Aftholderberg, Germany, October 2017 Complementing its range of desktop encoding solutions, Rinas has launched a fast monochrome thermal transfer printer (TTD) giving almost borderless 300 dpi print coverage to ID-1 sized plastic medium. Superior longevity and stability separate this unit from similar competitive products through the use of mainly metal components for its construction

For its comparatively small size, the thermal transfer printer possesses a rich feature set that includes a tape saving function, an easy-care cleaning roll, numerous Unicode fonts, 1D and 2D codes, graphics integration and a label creation software utility. Tapes can be easily exchanged by lifting the unit’s cover and a software adjustable thermal regulator provides adjustment for specific materials.

The printer is an ideal extension to the Rinas CS-LWR universal encoder, which, due to its modular design comprising various elements with their own microcontroller intelligence, enable specially adapted and easily assembled encoder configurations to be assembled for specific customer requirements. The majority of the individual modules share a common, internal communication bus and there is just one USB interface to the control PC. The printer communicates with the control PC via the TCP/IP port. The main advantage of these systems is the parallel processing occurring within the individual modules. For example, a card can be in the process of being encoded via the LWR unit (MagStripe, RFID or CHIP) while the previous, already encoded card, is being printed. This means that significant higher throughputs can be achieved than with competing products. A print verification station comprising a downstream scanner is also possible.